Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Pinaceae > Pinus > Pinus coulteriPinus coulteri (Bigcone pine; Coulter pine; Coulter's pine)Synonyms: Pinus coulteri var. diabloensis; Pinus macrocarpa; Pinus ponderosa coulteri (homotypic) Language: Fre; Ger; Hun; Ita; Spa The Coulter pine or big-cone pine, Pinus coulteri, is a native of the coastal mountains of Southern California and northern Baja California (Mexico). Isolated groves are found as far north as the San Francisco Bay Area in Mt. Diablo State Park and Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve. The species is named after Thomas Coulter, an Irish botanist and physician. The Coulter pine produces the heaviest cone of any pine tree. Although it has a limited range in the wild, it is a popular ornamental tree. |
| Air Quality Improvement [1] | Medium | | Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-Low | | Carbon Capture [1] | Low | | Screening - Summer [2] | Dense | | Screening - Winter [2] | Dense | | Shade Percentage [1] | 83 % | | Temperature Reduction [1] | Medium-Low | | Wind Reduction [1] | High |  | | Bloom Period [2] | Late Spring | | Drought Tolerance [2] | Low | | Edible [3] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Fire Tolerance [2] | Low | | Flower Type [3] | Monoecious | | Frost Free Days [2] | 7 months 10 days | | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | High | | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Summer | | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Fall | | Growth Form [2] | Single Stem | | Growth Period [2] | Spring, Summer | | Growth Rate [2] | Slow | | Hazards [3] | The wood, sawdust and resins from various species of pine can cause dermatitis in sensitive people; | | Leaf Type [3] | Evergreen | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Pollinators [3] | Wind | | Propagation [2] | Bare Root, Container, Seed | | Root Depth [2] | 3.346 feet (102 cm) | | Seed Spread Rate [2] | Slow | | Seed Vigor [2] | Medium | | Seeds Per [2] | 1360 / lb (2998 / kg) | | Shape/Orientation [2] | Conical | | Specific Gravity [4] | 0.47 | | Structure [3] | Tree | | Usage [3] | A tan or green dye is obtained from the needles;
The needles contain a substance called terpene, this is released when rain washes over the needles and it has a negative effect on the germination of some plants, including wheat;
Oleo-resins are present in the tissues of all species of pines, but these are often not present in sufficient quantity to make their extraction economically worthwhile; The resins are obtained by tapping the trunk, or by destructive distillation of the wood; In general, trees from warmer areas of distribution give the higher yields; Turpentine consists of an average of 20% of the oleo-resin; Turpentine has a wide range of uses including as a solvent for waxes etc, for making varnish, medicinal etc; Rosin is the substance left after turpentine is removed. This is used by violinists on their bows and also in making sealing wax, varnish etc; Pitch can also be obtained from the resin and is used for waterproofing, as a wood preservative etc.
Wood - coarse-grained, light, soft, not strong. Occasionally used for fuel and second class lumber; | | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | None | | | Flower Color [2] | Yellow | | Foliage Color [2] | Green | | Fruit Color [2] | Brown | | | Height [3] | 59 feet (18 m) | | Width [3] | 23 feet (7 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°) | | Hardiness Zone Maximum [1] | USDA Zone: 10 Low Temperature: 30 F° (-1.1 C°) → 40 F° (4.4 C°) | | Light Preference [2] | Full Sun | | Soil Acidity [2] | Neutral | | Soil Fertility [2] | Infertile | | Water Use [1] | Moderate to Low |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 4Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service ♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 7Negron, Jose F. 1995. Cone and Seed Insects Associated with Piñon Pine. In: Shaw, Douglas W.; Aldon, Earl F.; LoSapio, Carol, technical coordinators. Desired future conditions for piñon- juniper ecosystems: Proceedings of the symposium; 1994 August 8-12; Flagstaff, AZ. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-258. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station: 97-106. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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